whittled
美 [ˈhwɪt(ə)l] 
英 ['wɪt(ə)l]
- v.切；削；减少；损害 (down； away)
- n.屠刀；〈英方,古〉切肉用大刀
- 网络削成
词形变化
第三人称单数：whittles 现在分词：whittling 过去式：whittled 同义词
英汉解释
v. | 1. 切;削;削减,减少;削瘦,损害 (down; away) |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
He took a square block of wood and whittled it down to form the hull of a model boat.
他拿起一方块状木头，将它削成一个模型船的船身。
Dell, by not working through retail outlets, is still more efficient, but the cost benefits that this once brought have been whittled away.
戴尔公司不依靠零售代理，仍然非常的高效，不过这种销售方式曾经给它带来的生产成本优势却不复存在了。
presents: To Harry from Hagrid: a roughly cut wooden flute that sounded a bit like an owl. Hagrid had whittled it, himself.
礼物：海格送给哈利的礼物：一只做工很粗糙的木笛，吹起来的声音有点像猫头鹰叫。海格自己动手做的。
Before he knows it, he has whittled his stick down to a toothpick, which snaps in his hands.
他不知不觉把那块木头削得像牙签一样细，在他的手中折断了。
It was on this voyage that he conceived the idea of the revolver and whittled out a wooden model.
正是在此航程中，他所构思的想法的佩枪及whittled了一个木制模型。
Suddenly, an impressive printout looks like a very thin reed on which to hang your future, while your account is being whittled away.
突然，你从打印的结果发现好像把你的未来放在这根稻草上也不行，然而你的账户已经少了很多。
They whittled down the enemy's military and economic strength in a war of attrition.
他们通过消耗战削弱敌人的军事和经济力量。
"The capacity overhang has been quickly whittled down in major industrial sectors, " they wrote in a recent report.
“主要工业部门的过剩产能一直在快速减少，”他们在最近的一份报告中写道。
Thin undoubtedly become such a period the most deadly invisible killer, one of many people were whittled variations.
薄无疑变成这样一个时期最致命的隐形杀手，许多人被削变化。
Others in Washington and throughout Asia can only hope that too much U. S. leverage on China is not whittled away in the meantime.
华盛顿的其他人以及那些亚洲国家，就只能希望美国对中国的平衡不会一起被过度削弱。
We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too.
我们然后只能把这段感情缩减到一个电话，但是最后连电话都取消了。
One of his legs was gone at the knee and to the stump was fitted a roughly whittled wooden peg.
他有一条腿被平膝截掉了，马马虎虎地装上了一段木头。
First, the tip of the tusk was severed with a chopping tool; then the contours of the animals were whittled with a stone knife and scraper.
首先用砍砸器将这象牙尖从象牙上砍断；然后用石头刀与石刮刀将动物的轮廓削出来。
Finally we whittled it down to two. Which could have been done much more quickly, probably with one question.
最后，我们集中到两个目标。其实他只要问一个问题，就会大大加快整个过程。
This has whittled down the margin between banks' deposit and home-loan rates, so lowering the cost of mortgages.
由于银行存款利率和房屋贷款利率之间的差额减小了，抵押贷款的成本也降低了。
The condition, known as bruxism, has resulted in several of Mr Blair's once-sharp teeth being whittled down to stumps.
这种称为磨牙的状况，导致布雷尔原本锋利的牙齿，有几颗磨到只剩残牙。
Taken together, there is a strong possibility that full-year earnings will be whittled back, particularly if the yen's rally continues.
总而言之，日本汽车制造商很可能下调整个财年的业绩预期，尤其是在日元持续升值的情况下。
Congress has whittled down the president's budget request for a further $400m to $100m.
国会已经把总统进一步的拨款预算从4亿美元削减至1亿美元。
However, the annual top ten predictions, whittled down from 60, are not always spot on.
但是，每年从60种玩具里筛选出的预计排名前十的玩具并不总能荣登榜首。
It has seen its once formidable empire whittled away by court decisions, which now threaten its very existence.
曾经能够预见到一个强盛的帝国统治被法院裁决削去，正在威逼着他们的存在。
He has whittled down the list of people from 30 to 16.
他已将人名单从30名削减到16名。
The entries will be whittled down to 50 and will be displayed on Ctrip, Dale says, with voting to begin in a few weeks.
Dale说，最后的入围者将有50个人，他们的照片将会被展示在携程网上，投票将在几周内开始。
Visit their websites. When you've whittled your list down to a manageable number, make arrangements to visit.
当你将选择范围缩小到可控范围时，做出一个访问安排，访问他们的网站。
Xi and Li remaining. It could also be whittled down to seven members, leaving five open slots.
虽然委员会可能会减为七名成员，但这意味着还有五个空缺需要填补。
Citi had hoped to keep its prize assets as it whittled down its separately housed "legacy" businesses.
花旗曾一度想要保留其盈利财产，而砍掉那些个别的“昨日黄花”。
Despite seeing his advantage whittled away in recent races, Button said that he saw no reason to feel depressed about the situation.
尽管近几站巴顿的领先优势被进一步蚕食，他依然不觉得自己有必要为目前情势感到沮丧。
Against that, foreign exchange reserves are gradually being whittled back through intervention to stem the won's slide.
不利的是，由于（韩国政府）采取干预手段阻止韩元贬值，外汇储备正逐渐减少。
The income tax base has been whittled away since the last big reform in 1986.
自上次于1986年进行重大税制改革以来，所得税税基日渐削弱。
Reports of defections suggest that the regime is being whittled away. The latest renegades included 17 footballers.
那些对叛变者的报导是卡扎菲政权正在不断消减的最好证明，最近的叛变者包括17名足球队员。
Originally, Tou Mali had a much stronger force, but the Field Mouse had whittled it down.
窦马利的势力原来比较强，但是，后来被地老鼠给削弱了不少。
And the haplotype that includes the mutated gene will likewise get whittled down with each subsequent recombination.
每一次染色体重组，包含了突变基因的单纯型也会越来越短。
These were whittled down to a group of 21 that investors could be 95 per cent confident would produce positive alpha.
将区间范围减少至21，投资者可能有95%的置信度，产生正值alpha。
A 30-year research subject for scientist Irene Pepperberg, PhD, Alex whittled away at the belief that parrots were simple mimics.
对于科学家IrenePepperberg博士来说，Alex，这只30岁的实验对象削弱了“鹦鹉只是简单的模仿生物”这一观念。
The collaborators whittled these down to the 27 biggest events, so that there would be no ambiguity.
科研人员们把这些归纳为27中影响最大的事件，因此也就不会出现不明确的地方。
Using the Force, Asajj whittled away the clone trooper guards, and then began a stunning lightsaber duel with Anakin.
借助原力，阿萨吉屠杀了所有克隆人护卫，然后开始与阿纳金展开空前激烈的光剑对决。
Reports of defections suggest that the regime is being whittled away.
关于叛变的报道显示，这个政权正在分崩离析。
That is welcome even if the conclusion is already glaringly obvious: a wish-list of expensive kit must be whittled down.
反思的结果已经再明显不过了：削减昂贵的军服和装备是众望所归。尽管如此，这样做仍是受欢迎的。
To give the wooden beams an aged look, she whittled them down before varnishing them.
为了让木梁一岁看，她削弱他们面前上光下来。
An original list of 177 monuments was whittled down to 21 by a panel of architectural experts, chaired by a former boss of UNESCO.
在以联合国教科文组织前总干事为首的一批建筑专家的参与下，原始名单中的177个遗迹被精简到了21个。
'They're hiring contractors, buying furniture, and they're also helping the market correct by getting inventory whittled down. '
他们开始雇承包商、买家具，还令库存减少，进而帮助市场调整。
This year China whittled down its list of crimes punishable by death.
今年，中国也削减了其认定的应受死刑惩罚的犯罪的数量。
